Lauren Brownlee reviewed A Quaker Ecology: Meditations on the Future of Friends in Friends Journal for the March 2024 issue. The review can be found here. Brownlee shares some of her observations about the book and says her favorite chapter is on "Incarnation and a Quaker Ecotheology of Light" (chapter 2), which is a short …
Book Review: Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, & Culture
Quakers, Ecology, and the Light, which I co-wrote with Christy Randazzo, was recently reviewed in the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture. Many thanks to Sarah Werner for the review. Werner gives an overview of the book's contents, concluding: An interdependent ecotheology of Light has wide appeal beyond those in the Religious …
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“Abiding Together in the Life and Power” | FGC 2023 plenary panel
In July, I had the joy of appearing on a panel with Margery Post Abbott and Gretchen Castle at Friends General Conference's 2023 Gathering. It was conveniently located in Oregon for the first time. The panel title was, "Abiding Together in the Life & Power." Marge, Gretchen, and I had a chance to meet together …
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Video: A Quaker Way to Earthcare | QuakerSpeak
QuakerSpeak recently released a video, "A Quaker Way to Earthcare," where I'm talking about being participants in an interconnected community, and how this relates to Quaker and Christian understandings of the Light. We can belong in a community rather than trying to dominate and control it: this allows us to share, help, and heal, to …
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Report: Oregon Faith Communities & Climate Resilience
A report on Oregon Faith Communities & Climate Resilience has just been released. I had a chance to work on a study this last summer for Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon's Creation Justice and Oregon Interfaith Power & Light, along with my friend and colleague Sarah Loose from Oregon Synod ELCA, director of disaster and climate …
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Podcast: Ecotheology in Oregon | Spirit in Action
Over the summer, I had the opportunity to share on a podcast about my book, A Quaker Ecology, and my work in caring for the Earth, both in its ways that connect to Quakerism and spirituality, and addressing the intersections between the climate crisis, racism, and other inequities. Thanks so much to the Spirit in …
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Woodbrooke course: Quaker Ecology in a Time of Climate Crisis | Oct 9 – Dec 18, 2023
If you have read my book, A Quaker Ecology, and would like to discuss it with others — or if you haven't had a chance to read it yet and want to — I'll be leading a course through Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre starting on October 9. The course is called "Quaker Ecology in a …
Published | Quakers, Ecology, & the Light
Quakers, Ecology, & the Light was released today! I co-authored this book with my good friend, Christy Randazzo. A few years ago, we were talking about the Quaker metaphor of the Light, and how this could be a really useful and meaningful metaphor that can help Friends (Quakers) develop a robust ecotheology from within our …
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Minor Prophets, Illuminate Summer Speaker Series | Pendle Hill
https://pendlehill.org/events/illuminate-summer-speaker-series-2023/ This summer we'll have our third annual collaboration between Barclay Press and Pendle Hill for a speaker series based on Illuminate, the Friends Bible study curriculum I edit and contribute to. This is a virtual series over Zoom on Mondays at 7:30–9:00pm EST. Dates are as follows: June 12, June 26, July 10, July …
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“Integrity & Ecotheology” on Pendle Hill’s “The Seed” podcast
If you haven't yet found Pendle Hill's podcast, "The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope," go check it out now! They came out with a first season in the fall of 2022, and once I started listening, I just binge-listened to all 5 episodes. Podcast host, Dwight Dunston, does an amazing job of opening up simultaneously …
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